Dancing our Freedom!

“That's what it takes to be a hero, a little gem of innocence inside you that makes you want to believe that there still exists a right and wrong, that decency will somehow triumph in the end”...Lise Hand

Happy Memorial Day!

Celebrate your freedom and your gratitude to our hero's  who have bravely stood for our peace and freedom.  Today at 5:30 pm at The Synergy Studio we will dance to one of my favorite Nia routines, Mood Food, celebrating freedom.  "Throw off any Shackles" (1st song - HA!) that inhibit your freedom, and express your free spirit!   Another song we will dance to is called Spiritual High III and it puts to music the infamous  speech "I have a Dream" by Martin Luther King, Jr.  After all these years of dancing to this song, I still get chills...it is about freedom!!

The rest of the week I hope you will help me celebrate my birthday, as we dance to some of my Nia favorites - so many to chose from! 

Have a safe and JOYous day and I'll see you on the dance floor!

My classes this week:

Monday (today) and Thursday at 5:30 pm
Saturday at 9:30 am
Sunday at 4:00 pm all at The Synergy Studio

 

Interested in the Nia White Belt Intensive? 

There is still room!!!  Our next training in San Antonio is a split weekend that starts at 3:00 pm on Thursday, June 5 and goes through Sunday June 8. The next weekend is June 13, 14 and 15 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday). This is a PERFECT opportunity to take the Nia White Belt w/out having to take a full week from work.

Love & Light,
Joanie Brooks,
http://www.joaniebrooks.me/
Nia Training Faculty, Nia White Belt Trainer, Nia 1st Degree Black Belt

Journey Dance Facilitator Nia 5 Stages of Healing Facilitator
Mindful Change Coach
Laughter Yoga Leader

Nia - Somatic Education for EveryBody.  Nia is an expressive movement form & lifestyle practice that uses The Body's Way to achieve physical, mental, emotional & spiritual fitness & well-being."   

75 trillion cells in your body…Play with them all with Nia!

Sacred Geometry - Creating Shapes in Space!

"It is our tunnel vision and singular sense of identity that often limits our sense of our own possibilities - and yet it is the genius of humans to imagine being something we are not and thus to extend what we indeed are"  Jean Houston, The Possible Human

Hello Dancing Friends!
Whether I am aware or not, every shape I make with my body contributes to the world of symbols, patterns, numbers and shapes of creation.  Sacred Geometry...the energy that unifies all things and the organization of the Universe itself.  Take a moment right now, pause and sense the shape you have created.  Sense your shoulders, sense the direction of your toes, sense your head, sense your chest.  How does this shape feel?  What does your body tell you about your shape?  Does it bring your body pleasure, healing, pain?  Through the art of sensation I can sense my bones and notice what shape I have created in space, and also bring consciousness to how my shape contributes to the well being of my body.  So many times, I may move through life with my habits and not notice what I am creating in space.  Can you relate?  The gift of Nia and the art form of Modern Dance honors the sacred geometry of my body and invites me to be aware of every movement, and how every movement is sacred and has the potential to be purposeful and healing.  With 206 bones and 700+ muscles in my body, I have unlimited ways to birth and create movement.  With this comes transformation, healing and play that helps free my spirit. Exploration of movement ignites my imagination, and allows me to be an artist in motion, where my body is the paint and the space around me is my canvas.  Sacred, healing and contributing to Universal Art!!  Ha!  I love it. 

Let's play in space this week as we dance and honor the sacred geometry of our body.  Who knows what we will create!  See you on the dance floor!

Lot of Opportunities to create and dance!  My classes this week:

Monday, Thursday and Friday at 5:30 pm
Thursday morning at 6:45 am
and Saturday at 9:30 am all at The Synergy Studio

And join me Sunday Morning, May 25th at 10:00-11:15 for JourneyDance™, The Prayer Circle at The Synergy Studio.

You are the Prayer; your body, your movement, your breath. You are the Goddess; your passion, your emotions, your sensual heart. You are the Warrior; your power, your intentions, your life's journey.   The JourneyDance™ Prayer Circle  is a  community movement event of deep expression and celebration. We begin with inspirational story, then set our inner most intentions and spark our personal dreams.  We embark as moving prayers, holding sacred space for our community in a dance that builds from solo, to partner, to group and beyond.  We learn the power of witnessing and inspiration.  We learn the power of being seen in free expression.  We allow evocative music to invigorate our emotions and our dancing to unfold us into true appreciation and celebration of our praise-worthy Self. 

 We're gonna praise you like we should!   $15 or a punch on your studio card.

  

Love & Light,
Joanie Brooks,

Nia Training Faculty, Nia White Belt Trainer, Nia 1st Degree Black Belt

Journey Dance Facilitator Nia 5 Stages of Healing Facilitator
Mindful Change Coach
Laughter Yoga Leader

Nia - Somatic Education for EveryBody.  Nia is an expressive movement form & lifestyle practice that uses The Body's Way to achieve physical, mental, emotional & spiritual fitness & well-being."   

75 trillion cells in your body…Play with them all with Nia!
 

Hands - Connecting and Supporting!!!

“Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey. At other times, it is allowing another to take yours.”
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

Reaching out and sending you a big hug!  I've missed you and have just returned from an awesome 6 days of JourneyDance Facilitator training in Lenox, Massachusetts.  And I'm ready to dance with you!  I love expanding and connecting to fellow beings who love to dance and enrich their connection to their body and life, and I am honored to have met new connections and hands of support that will always be with me.  So this week we will play with our hands as we connect and support each other - giving and receiving. 

Our hands build, create, connect, nurture, support and heal. They provide warmth and tenderness, as well as protection, and have the power to silently say “stop,” or “stay away", "come towards me" or "go this way".   We can use our hands to direct energy to an area of our body that needs healing, for ourselves and others. How wonderful does it feel when a friend or loved one places their hand on your shoulder when you need reassurance or support; or a soft touch on your cheek that communicates you are loved?  Our hands have this special form of communication that does not require words. 

When we focus on our hands, we support the movement of our arms to come from their roots - the core of our body. Hand gestures that include movement of the fingers and wrists, help to engage the joints of the elbow, shoulder, and shoulder blades; and condition all the muscles in your arms.   Softening of the hands, soften our heart. Tense the hands and the tiger from within emerges. Shake the hands and the snake charmer sends tingling sensations throughout your entire body. When our hand gestures match what we feel inside, our body feels that the dance is authentic and real.

So reach out and connect with someone, embrace their support, and then give your loving support.  Place your hands on your heart and sense the connection inside and your own internal support.  He/she is there, softly placing hands on your back and whispering "Lean into me, I have your back.".  I cannot wait to dance with you!!!!

My classes this week:

Monday and Thursday at 5:30 pm

Wednesday Somatic Awakening at 6:45 am
Saturday at 9:30 am

and Sunday at 4:00 pm all at The Synergy Studio

Interested in the Nia White Belt Intensive? 

There is still room!!!  Our next training in San Antonio is a split weekend that starts at 3:00 pm on Thursday, June 5 and goes through Sunday June 8. The next weekend is June 13, 14 and 15 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday). This is a PERFECT opportunity to take the Nia White Belt w/out having to take a full week from work. 

Love & Light,
Joanie Brooks,

Nia Training Faculty, Nia White Belt Trainer, Nia 1st Degree Black Belt

Nia 5 Stages of Healing Facilitator, Journey Dance Guide, Mindful Change Coach and Laughter Yoga Leader

Nia - Somatic Education for EveryBody.  Nia is an expressive movement form & lifestyle practice that uses The Body's Way to achieve physical, mental, emotional & spiritual fitness & well-being."   

75 trillion cells in your body…Play with them all with Nia!